Chapter 473 - - 446 Erased Hope_1

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Duge was unwilling to elaborate, and Nan Youlong didn’t press any further; he could just watch the recording later. Duge, who could now make Qiyuan Star tremble with a stamp of his foot, was no longer the young boy at Nan Youlong’s mercy as before.

Who would have thought that not even a year had passed since Duge set foot on the battlefield, and here he was, surrounded again by Alien Warriors, causing Nan Youlong to feel a profound sense of emotion.

Lucky that Bai Long specifically named Duge to go to the Alien Battlefield.

Otherwise, they would have never recruited such a thorn in their side. Without Duge, Qiyuan Star might have been thrown into chaos long ago due to resource scarcity.

He was the true king, Hua Guyun pales in comparison to him.

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On the return flight, Gao Ming approached Duge with an awkward expression, trying to apologize, “Brother Du, it was me who leaked your information. The keyword for me is ‘betrayal’. Originally, I thought of siding with a Demon King and then betraying him when I encountered you to gain a great amount of attributes, but who knew I’d be controlled the moment we met…”

“So it was you, kid,” Feng Zhong said. “I knew it, how could Tedis possibly have such detailed information on Brother Du.”

“Gao Ming, so that means you did manage to betray Brother Du and rake in a big wave of attributes, didn’t you?” Yao Tong said teasingly.

“Sort of,” Gao Ming replied sheepishly, with a blush, “At the end, my ranking was in the twenties…”

“What’s your skill?” Duge interrupted him, asking.

“Thousand-finger guidance: The more people curse me, the stronger my attributes become. Seller seeks glory: The abilities of the person I betray are converted into a portion of my attributes, and the amount converted is directly proportional to the extent of my betrayal,” Gao Ming explained. “My target at that time was Tedis, thinking that betraying him would catapult me to great successes, but it ended before it could even start…”

Such useless skills, Duge thought with amusement, “Who else is left in the Demon Realm?”

“Me,” an Alien Warrior named Liu Yang raised his hand and said sheepishly, “At that time, the Seventh Demon King Asmode summoned people under Brother Du’s name, and I went over in a rush of blood to the head, only to fall into the trap.”

“What’s your keyword?” Duge asked.

“Muddle through,” Liu Yang answered. “One skill is to muddle through: When I lack fighting spirit, others will ignore my existence; the other is to just scrape by: As long as I don’t show off, I won’t be killed by anyone.”

Again, such useless skills!

Duge smiled, “At that time, how many people did Asmode recruit, and do you know their skills?”

Liu Yang shook his head, “Once controlled by the Demon King, I felt everything I did was right, only focusing on secretly growing my own strength, never thinking of inquiring about the skills of others.”

Duge then turned to look at Gao Ming.

Gao Ming said, “Tedis was very cautious, I never saw any other Alien Warriors from beginning to end.”

“You guys are really weak,” Yin Erchuan glanced over the crowd contemptuously and proudly said, “Seems like I’m the only one who’s had Ludius eating out of my hand.”

“That was just luck,” Gao Ming retorted irritably, “If it weren’t for the power of your skill, you’d have been just like us…”

“It was indeed good luck, else how could you have been the first to encounter Brother Du,” Yao Tong joined in.

“You’re just jealous of my abilities,” Yin Erchuan raised his eyebrows. The Alien Battlefield was over, and everyone who survived was very relaxed, casually bantering and sharing amusing stories from the battlefield.

Occasionally, Duge would chime in, getting to know their keywords and skills, and eventually came to a precise inference—Pan-Universe Entertainment truly reset the odds for awakening skills. Aside from a few, most people had awakened two skills.

However, there weren’t many as powerful as Yu Xia’s, yet with more people, combined skills could surprisingly create unexpected effects.

The Ancient Deities and Demon Kings, when confronted by Pan-Universe Entertainment people, would likely not last long.

His Divine Soul had fifteen skills, including both offensive and burst types, giving him a decent chance of victory against combinations of two or three Alien Warriors. But with more than four, the chances of victory would probably plummet rapidly.

Moreover, Duge realized after reviewing his skills that although he had fifteen skills, he was lacking in defensive ones.

This was a significant weakness, and on subsequent Alien Battlefields, he would need to find a way to compensate for it.

This time, the skill People’s Protection he had rolled was a good one, but unfortunately, he couldn’t bring it back to reality, which was a real pity.

The chances of bringing back the first keyword skill to reality were too low, probably due to Pan-Universe Entertainment’s deliberate control.

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This Alien Battlefield, from start to finish, lasted less than a month, but because the time ratio was a bit short, eleven days had passed on Qiyuan Star.

After Duge made a strong return with a first place finish, he reignited the passion of the people of Qiyuan Star, and his reputation soared to its highest point.

Due to the Power of Faith, on the day he returned, Duge’s spiritual power surged by eight hundred thousand, instantly replenishing the three hundred thousand spiritual power he had consumed to split his Divine Soul.

Not only that, his spiritual power continued to grow day by day. Duge believed that by the end of the year, when the resources were truly distributed, his prestige on Qiyuan Star would surely reach its peak.

In the days following Duge’s return, the elite of Qiyuan Star nearly broke down his door. They brought various resources and Cultivation Techniques for him, free of charge, and more and more people came to seek marriage alliances with him, but he politely refused them all. He even stopped his previous work as head of the Propaganda Department.

The preliminary work had already been completed; as long as he kept winning on the Alien Battlefield, the people below him would naturally promote him.

Duge secluded himself in his estate under the guise of a retreat, but in reality, he focused all his attention on the split soul on the Alien Battlefield.

Due to the difference in time ratios, the few days he had been back roughly amounted to a month on the Alien Battlefield.

That month.

The people from Pan-Universe Entertainment controlled the bodies of warriors like Holley and other Alien Warriors, engaging in fierce confrontations with the seven Great Demon Kings. Aside from Duge, the other Alien Warriors, despite their skills, had such low attribute values that the battle dragged on for quite some time.

Duge’s puppet split soul was dragged into the battlefield involuntarily when Ludius temporarily broke free from Yu Xia’s control. While Jerom, Tanliwey, and others fought with Holley, he stole Duge’s split soul, using it as a power bank, and activated Solar Divine Power along the way to call for reinforcements from all over the Demon Realm.

It was Ludius’s actions that fortuitously allowed Duge to witness the power that Pan-Universe Entertainment’s people wielded when controlling the Alien Warriors.

Those guys did not solely rely on skills; every single one of them had awakened a Martial Spirit, and each awakened Martial Spirit was strange and diverse, but without exception, all were more powerful than Duge’s Sea God Martial Spirit.

The vast Demon Realm was nearly filled with their Martial Spirits.

Empowered by their Martial Spirits, they perfectly compensated for their physique shortcomings. When they fought with the creatures of the Demon Realm, apart from the Demon Kings, they were practically unstoppable.

Creatures like the Black Dragons and Dark Elves, who were nearly as powerful as Raphael, couldn’t last even a single round against them.

Upon defeat, creatures like the Black Dragons had their souls forcibly extracted by the Alien Warriors, and ultimately, their soulless bodies would crumble to dust.

Duge’s Rear Eye could clearly see that Pan-Universe Entertainment’s people were able to wrap up the souls with their spiritual power. The souls they captured were trapped within their spiritual power, desperately struggling, screaming[1], but unable to break free…

The deities like the Moon God entered the Demon Realm ten days later, but their arrival only served as an addition to Holley and others’ prey, barely making a difference in the battle.

After all.

Yu Xia’s skills alone were enough to shatter them instantly, barely allowing them to struggle on, let alone the fact that there was also Feng Zhong’s deceptive capabilities and all sorts of bizarre skills.

Nearly thirty Alien Warriors joined forces and rendered the deities like the Moon God utterly powerless…

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Witnessing the Pan-Universe Entertainment’s clean-up of the Alien Battlefield through his split soul, Duge felt a chill run down his spine, and his mind went blank. This was the first time he truly understood the power of Pan-Universe Entertainment.

It was terrifying!

Compared with Pan-Universe Entertainment’s people, the Ancient Deities seemed just like children next to adults.

No, more like children compared to a general wielding a sword.

There was absolutely no comparison.

Duge felt particularly fortunate that he hadn’t acted rashly before.

Otherwise.

He would be dead without even knowing how he died!

That group of people had such high spiritual power, and they even made a show of it. They were conducting a massacre on the Alien Battlefield.

Watching Ancient Deities and Demon Kings fall one after another, there was a moment when even Duge’s confidence nearly crumbled.

Against such a powerful group of adversaries, could he truly win?

What strategies, what schemes… all became a joke in the face of absolute power…

No wonder Qiyuan Star had laid low for two hundred years, completely without hope for victory.

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